Dog Rules

I may have missed it, but there must be a dog rule about the stairs. If the owner heads up the stairs the dog/dogs must at all costs beat them to the top.

Sidney is an ace at this. Pete used to do it too. Plowing through the owner to achieve this goal must score extra points. This rule apples to both going up or going down the stairs.

Kobe, in his senior decorum, chooses to wait and watch at the top of the stairs. We don't worry about him knocking us down on the stairs so much as we worry about knocking him down on the stairs. We do have a throw rug at the bottom of the stairs for Kobe. His arthritis makes the stairs difficult. Once he gets going it's hard stopping on the tile floor are the bottom. We could all use a landing pad at some point in our lives. No shame in that. It's rather like a layer of love at the foot of the stairs for an old Prince.

Another dog rule is if you have a toy you must take it under a chair to play with it. Right now there are two pointer butts sticking out from under the chair, tails wagging like crazy, as they play under the furniture. They are talking like wookies. Sneezes will follow - yet another rule in dog play. Canine vocalization requires sneezing to finish out the session.

Dogs rule, like clowns with paws and fur coats. And we can't help but love them.